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"All right," I said

She suiler who had tempted me to take the first steps toward sin

"I'll fix your hair," she followed and went into the bathrooet my brush

"Wait, I didn't say"

"Just sit down and letfor you," she pleaded

I stared a moment She looked very sincere

"Okay," I said "What's the difference?"

"You'll see There's a lot of difference," she proan

An hour later when I looked at e on each cheek, lipstick, ht just be as pretty as Belinda after all

"You have nothing nice to wear," she declared "Take one of ht across here," she said indicating her rib cage, "and," she whispered, "wear my new padded bra"

"I don't need that I have a nice enough dress" I showed her the one Mother had approved, a dark blue silk dress with a delicate lace collar Belinda grimaced

"It's not very sexy," she said "It looks like a dress for one of Mommy's tea parties"

"I don't want to look sexy I want to look decent, proper"

"Boring," she sang, rushed out to her roo dress she wanted me to wear "At least try it on," she said "With the bra" She held the garments out until I took them I went into the bathroom to dress It had been some time since I had been naked in front of anyone, even Belinda I didn't want hermy waist and hips to see if there was any fat She had developed faster than I had at her age and her development didn't seem to want to stop, whereas mine hit a plateau and ended

When I stepped out, she whistled